Ian Mckellen : (9)

" ‘King Lear,’ I’ve been seeing all my life. I mean, the great actors of my lifetime… to join their company, as it were, by playing a part that’s challenged them, is one of the great joys of being an actor who does the classics. " - Ian Mckellen

" When I appeared in ‘Coronation Street,’ I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much. " - Ian Mckellen

" Some relationships get easier as you get older, depending on what sort of person you are. I don’t think I’ve got any better at them. " - Ian Mckellen

" To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about. " - Ian Mckellen

" If we just made one movie, ‘The Hobbit,’ the fact is that all the fans, the eight-, nine- and 10-year-old boys, they would watch it 1,000 times. Now, they’ve got three films they can watch 1,000 times. " - Ian Mckellen

" There’s no sex in Middle Earth. " - Ian Mckellen

" Even now, there are young actors who want careers as romantic leading men, and the best thing is not to reveal you’re gay. " - Ian Mckellen

" In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can. " - Ian Mckellen

" On the whole, actors shout when they don’t know what they’re doing, trying to make an impact. " - Ian Mckellen